{"id":521646,"date":"2022-12-05T21:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-building-vancouver-islands-upward-spiral-with-scenic-views\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T21:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:09:28","slug":"the-building-vancouver-islands-upward-spiral-with-scenic-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-building-vancouver-islands-upward-spiral-with-scenic-views\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Building: Vancouver Island\u2019s upward spiral with scenic views"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97c066bea\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f97c066bea\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-building-vancouver-islands-upward-spiral-with-scenic-views\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Building_Vancouver_Islands_upward_spiral_with_scenic_views%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Building: Vancouver Island\u2019s upward spiral with scenic views&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Building_Vancouver_Islands_upward_spiral_with_scenic_views%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Building: Vancouver Island\u2019s upward spiral with scenic views&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Vancouver Island\u2019s Malahat SkyWalk is a tourist spectacle\u2014in the best sense of the word.\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Twenty years ago,<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">David Greenfield and Trevor Dunn, part of the team behind the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish, B.C., saw a golden opportunity for a tourist attraction on Vancouver Island. The duo scoped out a wooded site just off a high-<\/span><span class=\"s3\">traffic corridor of the Trans-Canada Highway between Vic<\/span><span class=\"s2\">toria and Nanaimo. The area functioned as little more than a turnaround point for logging trucks, but historically <\/span>it had been a key trading and resting stopover for Indigenous<span class=\"s2\"> groups en route to the United States.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1242259\" style=\"width: 1278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1242259 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/MS_Tower_Wheelchair_Decent-e1670253958543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1268\" height=\"1416\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SkyWalk structure may be a towering 10 floors high, but its inner pathway loops upward at a manageable five-degree incline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Dunn and Greenfield\u2019s dreams for the property went beyond a mere cash grab: they wanted a nature-focused draw with a view that was unattainable for most city folk. Finally, four years ago, they put forth a proposal to the Malahat First Nation, which held the rights to the land, to make their vision a reality. The $17-million Malahat SkyWalk, completed in July of 2021, stands tall along Vancouver Island\u2019s Saanich Inlet, offering majestic 360-degree views of Finlayson Arm, the Gulf Islands and, on a clear day, even Washington state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 10-storey marvel of engineering, designed by Whistler-based architect Brent Murdoch, features a corkscrew design that gradually leads visitors up a spiralling ramp to a panoramic lookout. The structure is made from steel base plates, glue-laminated Douglas fir columns\u2014sourced from Kinsol Timber, six kilometres away\u2014and threaded rods that the engineering firm Aspect used to cinch the tower together.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1242264\" style=\"width: 1287px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"wp-image-1242264 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Art_Cougar001-e1670254258777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"1243\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria-based artist Tanya Bub fashioned hundreds of pieces of driftwood into the menagerie of animal sculptures that watch over the SkyWalk site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\">Upping the fun factor is the SkyWalk\u2019s \u201cadventure net,\u201d an 84-square-metre rope net suspended over the building\u2019s centre hub that visitors\u2014or at least the ones without a crippling fear of heights\u2014can walk across or simply sprawl out on after their journey to the SkyWalk\u2019s peak. For those looking to race to the bottom, there\u2019s an eight-storey slide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The tower wouldn\u2019t exist without the green light from the Malahat Nation, whose connection to the land is acknowledged throughout the site. Educational placards illustrate the nation\u2019s traditional use of local plant life, and a historically accurate cedar canoe sits inside SkyWalk\u2019s gift shop. The nation also receives a portion of ticket sales, and the SkyWalk has welcomed more than 250,000 visitors since its unveiling last year. The attraction remains open through all four seasons, even as the dreamy fogs of fall and lashings of winter snow roll in. 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